[AfrICANN-discuss] Internet Governance Weekly Brief

[Mamadou LO]

Hi all!
Please, find below some headlines from the press on Internet Governance this week.
Cordially

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  *   Huawei launches own operating system Harmony OS
  *   Huawei employees reportedly intercepted encrypted messages to help African governments spy on political opponents
  *   Huawei deny helping African governments spy on Arab and African politicians
  *   U.S. Department of Defense announces new cybersecurity Model for DoD contractors
  *   U.S. Cyber Command warns of North Korea-linked Lazarus Group malware
  *   Russia warns Google against election 'interference'
  *   Facebook expands local language coverage in Africa to tame fake news
  *   Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users' audio clips
  *   Instagram to test ‘fake news’ reporting tool
  *   Google, Facebook, Amazon to testify in US against French digital tax
  *   Lack of sleep and cyberbullying ‘more harmful than social media use’ to teenagers, study finds
  *   FTC Chairman hints that acquisitions made by Silicon Valley Tech Giants can be forced to be undone
  *   Israel launches satellite to provide internet to Middle East, Africa
  *   New Study Demonstrates YouTube’s Role In Far-Right Radicalization, Spread Of Conspiracies In Brazil
  *   Microsoft August 2019 Patch Tuesday fixes 93 security bugs
  *   Netflix partners with World Economic Forum’s Digital Asean to further develop 4.0 IR
  *   Alibaba files blockchain domain name patent application
  *   Free self-driving car service launches at Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York)

Read review here : https://gouvernanceinternet.wordpress.com/2019/08/16/internet-governance-weekly-brief-huawei-launches-own-operating-system-harmony-os-•-huawei-employees-reportedly-intercepted-encrypted-messages-to-help-african-governments-spy-on-political-opp/

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